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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized another batch of seven containers holding 1,229,400 bottles of codeine, valued at N9,835,200,000.00.
The interception took place at the Onne Ports in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. This comes shortly after the seizure of 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup worth N7,350,000,000.00 in the exact location.
The agency's spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that this latest seizure is the fourth and final set of such consignments that had been under the watch list of the Agency’s Maritime Special Operations Unit Targeting Team.
The joint examination with other security agencies revealed that the seven containers contained 8,774 cartons of codeine-based cough syrup, totaling 1,229,400 bottles and weighing 184,410 kilograms.
